BAREFOOT COZUMEL · PADI 5-STAR IDC
Become an IDC Staff Instructor
The next step in your career as an instructor trainer: help Course Directors run the IDC.
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Become an instructor trainer
As an IDC Staff Instructor you can teach full Assistant Instructor courses, assist with the IDC and teach instructor-level continuing education, the natural step toward Course Director.
16 days
Duration
MSDT
Prerequisite
IDC Staff Instr.
You graduate as
From $600 USD
Investment
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As an IDC Staff Instructor you can teach full Assistant Instructor courses, assist Course Directors with the IDC and teach instructor-level continuing education, the step toward Course Director.
- Course Director on staff
- Small groups, never more than four candidates
- Train inside a real working dive center
- Resume review & job placement assistance
Learn to evaluate and mentor instructor candidates, present IDC sessions and support the Instructor Examination.
- Minimum 80% on Dive Theory exam
- Minimum 80% on PADI Systems, Standards and Procedures exam
- Minimum 96 points total on 24-skill evaluation (no individual skill below 3)
- Minimum 4.0 on Knowledge Development teaching presentation
- Minimum 4.0 on Confined Water teaching presentation
- Attend all 4 IDC Staff Instructor knowledge development sessions
2-day preparation programme, 14 days assisting a full IDC and mentoring from a PADI Course Director. No lodging or meals.
- All standard IDC candidate materials
- IDC Staff Instructor course materials
- Phase 1: 2-day preparation (4 knowledge dev sessions, 24-skill evaluation, confined water presentation)
- Phase 2: 14 days assisting and auditing a full IDC under a Course Director
To begin:
- PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
- EFR Instructor
- Teaching-status PADI Instructor
- Personal dive insurance
- Active status PADI Instructor
- PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) rating
- Personal dive equipment
Pricing & dates
From $600 USD – Course fee. Duration: 16 days (2-day prep + 14 days assisting a full IDC).
Not included: $500 USD IDC Staff Instructor materials + $162 USD PADI application fees.